It's been a while, but Derry City are finally back to winning ways
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Derry City returned to winning ways with a comfortable win over Bohemians at Maginn Park.
Goals from Dean Jarvis and Aaron McEneff gave City the victory, their first since defeating Drogheda United on March 18, a run of eight games.
It was a deserved win for City, who were on top from the start.
Derry came close on eleven minutes, as Ronan Curtis tested Shane Supple from close range. Aaron McEneff swung a free kick into a packed area and it went all the way to the back post where Curtis arrived unmarked but his effort was parried by the Bohs goalkeeper.
The first half was not memorable in any sense of the word but the game got the goal it desperately needed on 31 minutes. Josh Daniels won a free kick on the right and another accurate free kick from Aaron McEneff again eluded the Bohs defence and Dean Jarvis was well positioned to power a header past Supple and into the net.
It really should have been 2-0 to Derry less than ten minutes into the half. Rob Cornwall was too slow to clear and Nathan Boyle charged the ball down and raced through on goal. The striker was one on one with Supple but he went for power rather than direction and blasted the ball wide of the target. It was a huge opportunity for Derry.
But Derry kept going and they got their reward on 68 minutes. Cornwall, having a very poor game, needlessly went into a challenge on Ben Doherty just inside the penalty area, giving referee Rob Harvey an easy penalty decision. Aaron McEneff stepped up and drove the ball into the net to end the challenge from Bohemians and give City a long-overdue victory.
Teams
Derry City: Gerard Doherty, Conor McDermott, Dean Jarvis, Aaron McEneff, Barry McNamee, Harry Monaghan (Rory Holden 89’), Ronan Curtis, Joshua Daniels, Nathan Boyle, Ben Doherty, Aaron Barry.
Bohemians: Shane Supple, Lorcan Fitzgerald, Rob Cornwall, Dan Byrne, Kaleem Simon, Paddy Kavanagh, Oscar Brennan, Jamie Doyle (Dean Casey 74’),, Ian Morris, George Poynton (Fuad Sule 74’)Dylan Hayes.
Referee: Rob Harvey.